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This is a common misperception, especially among people who are trying to do the right thing for themselves or their children. They may restrict the amount of soft drinks that the kids are drinking and give them juice instead. Juice, of course, is made from fruit, so it does have nutritional value. Fruit juice provides vitamins and mineral, but you have to keep in mind that it is a processed food, and it's a liquid. Therefore, it is easy to drink too much. If you drink juice throughout the day, it would add up to a lot of calories. In fact, the number of calories in juice is pretty close, ounce for ounce, to the number of calories found in soft drinks. And, it is high in sugar! Large amounts of juice means consumption of extra calories and possibly weight gain.

Some people like to use juicers. These are popular appliances and a lot of people are buying them right now. Juicers are nice to have, but if you're adding six or seven pieces of fruit in order to make a large glass of juice every morning, realize that your juice contains a large amount of fruit sugar taken all at one time. Many juicers remove all of the fiber in the fruit (the fiber is found in the pulp). If you are using a juicer, I would recommend using one piece of fruit and make the rest up with vegetables. Also, select a juicer that retains the pulp from the fruit or vegetables that you’re juicing, as this will allow you to use the pulp for other purposes.